Build Desktop Apps with Ext JS

Ext JS is a cross-browser JavaScript framework for building rich internet applications. It is also the foundation for Ext Designer, a desktop application that allows you build Ext JS web apps, and Sencha Touch, a mobile app framework for modern touch-based devices.

Check out the links below to find helpful resources for building apps with Ext JS.

Using ComboBoxes
This tutorial discusses how to link together two ComboBoxes in Ext JS.

2.x, 3.x

Oct 20, 2007

Medium

Ext JS Essentials
This tutorial will walk through Ext basic concepts and how to get a dynamic page up and running quickly. It is assumed that the reader has some Javascript experience and a basic understanding of the HTML document object model (DOM).

Building a grid with a livesearch form
The goal of this tutorial is to make a page where you can look up some people. The user will type in the name in an inputfield and as the user is typing the name, the search results will be displayed in a grid.

2.x, 3.x

May 5, 2008

Medium

Basic Form Submit
In this small tutorial, we'll try to build an Ext form that will submit in the traditional way, like all regular HTML forms.

Prepare Your Machine for EXT JS
There are many different paths to build a web application using different database backends and middle scripting languages to do the data processing between web frontend and database backend. This tutorial is to help making the pre-work needed for running the community Ext JS tutorial examples.

2.x, 3.x

Feb 27, 2009

Easy

Basic Page Setup
This tutorial shows how a basic Ext JS page should be structured.

2.x, 3.x

Mar 12, 2009

Easy

Overview of Ext JS
This article provides an introduction to the basic principles of Ext JS.

2.x, 3.x

Oct 23, 2010

Easy

HTML Page Setup
This article describes the setup of a basic HTML page to run your Ext JS application from.

2.x, 3.x

Dec 25, 2010

Easy

Setting Up In Eclipse
For those of you who would like to use Eclipse as an IDE for developing Ext-JS applications, this tutorial details the initial setup.